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H. H. EATON.

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APPLICATION FILED MAE. 2, 1910.

Patented 0015.3,1911.

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APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 2, 1910.

Patented 0011.3, 1911.

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Mir/V5555 MQ- 6W STATES P HARRISON H. EATON, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

Application filed March 2, 1910. Serial No. 546,786.

lb all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRISON H. EATON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bev llaLinihp. country of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Presses, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to machines for cutting out sheet material such as upper leather for boots and shoes and has to do ,particularly with machines of this type in which a presser member having a pressure 'surface area less than that of the stock supporting bed is laterally movable with respect to the bed to bring it into operative position over any part of the pressure surlfZLCB of said bed. As usually constructed, nechanism for moving the presser member carried by a post or plunger located at one side of the bed, the presser member being ar ranged to be moved by the operator into position over the die Wherever located on. the bed and carrying means by which the mechanism for moving the pressed member toward and away from the bed may be actuated, said actuating means being preferably constructed and arranged to be grasped by the operator in effecting the lateral movement of the presser member. The stock to be cut is exposed upon the bed and, as is usual in cutting out uppers of boots and shoes, considerable care is taken in selecting the parts of a skin from which the different parts of the upper are out. As a result, therefore, the distances through which the presser member is moved to bring it into operative position over the die vary considerably in successive operations, and therefore the momenta acquired by the presser member as it is moved, usually under constant acceleration, into the different operative positions also vary considerably.

The machine being constructed so that the means which the operator grasps in moving the presser .member laterally over the bed may be moved in a different direction to effect the actuation of the mechanism through which the presser member is moved toward the bed, advantage is usually taken of this construction to actuate the said mechanism as soon as the presser mem- 'ber comes into operative position over the die. Owing to the varying momenta acquired by the presser member, this practice frequently results in a pressing movement of the presser member which is the resultant of its lateral and its vertical movements. It will be apparent that such a movement of the presser member will cause a. glancing blow to be delivered to the die which is u-ndesirable both because it shortens the life of the block and because it tends to distort the die.

An object of the present invention, therefore, is to provide improved means for checking the lateral. movement of the presser member before it strikes the die in its vertical pressing movement. The pressing operation having been effected, the operator swings the presser member to one side out of its position over the die in order that he may remove the piece which has been cut by the die and may re-locate the die for the next cutting operation. This movement of the presser member out of operative posi tion over the die also permits the close in spection of the stock which is required, especially, in'cutting out uppers for boots and shoes, and the movement is usually toward that location of the presser member from which it has been moved into operative position over the die. Since the presser member and the parts associated with it which are moved with it possess considerable inertia, the movements of the presser member into and out of operative position over the die require the expenditure of considerable energy on the part of the operator and it is therefore desirable that provision be made for efiecting automatically, or for aiding the operator in, at least one of these movements.

The invention contemplates, therefore, the provision of mechanism for automatically effecting or initiating the movement of the presser member out of operative position over the die after the pressing operation, which is especially applicable to machines in which the presser member is freely movable over the bed and in which the movement into operative position is effected manually.

A further aim of the invention is to proerative position above the die, thereby providing a construction in which the operator can accelerate the motion of the presser member throughout its movement into op erative position without fear that the continuance of the lateral movement during the pressing operation will cause a glancing blow to be delivered to the die. It will be obvious that such a construction will lend itself more readily to rapid operation and will require less attention upon the part of the operator. If, however, as suggested in the foregoing statements, the operator constantly accelerates the motion of the presser member during its movement into operative position, the presser member will acquire considerable momentum which must be taken up in, or overcome by, the means for check ing the lateral movement of the presser member. The energy expended by the operator in bringing the presser member quickly into operative position will thus be wasted if provision is not made for storing it up for use in some other operation, such for example as moving the presser member out of operative position after the pressing operation. In the illustrated preferred em bodiment of the invention, provision is made for thus utilizing the momentum acquired by the presser member in its movement into operative position, and it will therefore be seen that in one aspect the invention comprises the provision in a machine of the class described in which the presser member is manually movable over the bed into operative positions over different parts of the bed of means for utilizing the momentum of the presser member acquired in its manual movement into operative position to effect its movement out of operative position after the pressing operation. Preferably this means is arranged to return the presser member toward the position from which it has been moved into operative position, and in another aspect, therefore, the invention may be said to comprise the provision in a machine of the class described in which the presser member is manually movable over the face of the bed in either direction into different operative positions over the bed, of automatic means for initiatingor eifecting the return of the presser member toward the position from which it has been moved into a selected operative position, which will act thus to initiate or eifect the movement of the presser member out of operative position for either direction of movement into operative position.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from a consideration of the following description and claims in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a. sectional detail of the upper part of the commercial clicking machine having embodied therein the mechanism of this invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the upper part of the machine; Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of one of the brake members; Fig. 4 is a sectional detail showing the construction and arrangement of the means through which the movement of the presser member out of operative position is initiated,

and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the machine as a whole.

The essential features of the construction and operation of the commercial clicking machine, in which this invention is shown as embodied, are set forth in more detail in .U. S. Letters Patent to Arthur Bates,

921,503, granted May 11, 1909, and to this patent reference may be had for fuller information as to these features. As hereinabove suggested, the commercial clicking machine comprises usually a presser member 6 carried by a post or plunger 10 located at one side of the stock supporting bed 2, the presser member being arranged to be moved by the operator into position over the die 7 wherever located on the bed, and carrying means comprising a handle 36 by which the mechanism for moving the presser member toward and away from the bed may be actuated, said handle being constructed and arranged to be grasped by the operator in effecting the lateral movement of the presser member. One of the bearings in which the post 10 is mounted to turn about its vertical axis and to reciprocate vertically is shown at 12 in Figs. 1, 2 and 5.

Provision is made in this machine, as more fully disclosed in the patent above referred to, for vertical adjustment of the post or plunger 10 with respect to its bearings to vary the vertical position of the presser member as the cutting block or bed 2 is worn away. The adjusting mechanism comprises, among other elements, a vertical shaft 2% and a hand wheel 26, the post 10 in its vertical adjustment moving relatively to the.

presser member over the bed before it strikes the die in its vertical movement. In order that the braking mechanism may act upon the post or plunger 10 and yet be accommodated thereto in all of the positions of vertical adjustment of said post-or plunger, a part of this mechanism is preferably carried by the shaft 24 whereby its vertical position with respect to the bearings for the post or plunger 10 is not varied by the vertical adjustment of said post or plunger.

The brake mechanism, as herein illustrated, comprises preferably a drum 100 formed upon a casting which is recessed at 102 to allow the vertical adjustment of the post or plunger 10 with respect thereto and which is provided with a hub 104 surrounding the shaft 24 and supported by a collar 106 clamped upon said shaft, the hub 104 being confined between the hub of the hand wheel 26 and the collar 106. The hub 104 loosely surrounds the shaft 24 so that said shaft may be turned to effect the vertical adjustments of the post 10 without turning the drum 100. The drum 100 is locked to the post 10 to oscillate therewith by means of a key 108 entering a longitudinal groove 110 in the post, the key being connected to the drum for vertical movement therewith by means of a screw 112. The key is free to slide lengthwise of the groove 110 in the vertical adjustments of the post 10.

Surrounding the drum 100 between its upper and lower flanges 114 and 116 is a contract-ible brake band or ring formed in two parts or sections 118 and 120 which overlap at their ends within the planes of said ends. The sections 118 and 120 are so proportioned that when their inner surfaces are in contact with the drum 100 the ends of the two sections are not quite in contact. To bring the brake band or ring into braking engagement with the drum 100 means is provided for drawing the ends of the sections 118 and 120 toward each other. This means is preferably arranged to be actuated by the vertical movement of the post or plunger 10 during the pressing operation, the hand wheel 26 and shaft 24 taking part in this movement.

The illustrated means for drawing toward each other the ends of the sections 118 and 120 comprises a forked brake band holder 122 having a rearward extension 124 which surrounds loosely a bolt 126 adj ustably supported in a bracket or casing 128 attached to, or formed upon, the arched portion 15 of the machine frame. The rearward extension 124 of the brake band holder 122 is confined upon its sides against lateral movement, as hereinafterdescribed, and is normally maintained in its uppermost position by means of a spring 130 socketed at its upper end in said extension and bearing at its lower end against the head 132 of the bolt 126. Pref crably the means for confining the extension 124 against lateral movement is constructed and arranged to yield when the momentum acquired by the presser member before the brake is applied is of sufiicient amount, as will be hereinafter more specifically set forth.

The bolt 126 passes through an opening in the upper part of the bracket casing 128 and is supported by means of a nut 134 having a rounded lower face bearing against a corresponding counter-bore in the upper end of the hole in the casing 128 through which the bolt passes, whereby the bolt may readily accommodate itself to any lateral movement of the extension 124. A set nut serves to hold the extension 124 in adjusted position upon the bolt 126.

The forward end of each of the fork members of the brake band holder 122 is T- shaped, the head 136 of the T providing upper and lower arms in which are bearings for bolts 138 and 140 threaded into the re-' spective brake band sections 118 and 120. As hereinabove pointed out the ends of these sections overlap in the planes of said ends, so that each bolt 138 is normally in a vertical line above its associated bolt 140. Vith this construction it will be apparent that the turning of the brake band holder in one di rection about an axis lying substantially midway between the bolts .138 and 140 will cause the two sections of the band or ring to be drawn toward each other and therefore into braking engagement with the drum 100. It will be observed that such turning will be effected, in the construction illustrated, by the retardation of the downward movement of the rearward extension 124 by the spring 130 as the brake drum 100 and the brake band start to move downwardly with the post or plunger 10 during the pressing operation.

To provide an adjustment by which the amount of braking action upon the brake drum may be varied and to insure that as soon as the brake. band has been brought into braking engagement with the brake drum 100 it will be carried down with the post or plunger 10, an adjustable stop 142 is provided in the form of a headed screw threaded into the upper side of the brake band holder 122, this stop being arranged to engage the under face of the flange 114 when the brake drum 100 and the parts associated with it have moved down far enough to cause the turning action of the brake band holder 122 to apply the brake band to said drum with the desired pressure.

It will be noted that when the brake band is applied to the brake drum 100 the extension 124 has a tendency to move laterally about an axis corresponding with the axis of the post or plunger 10. As hereinabove pointed out, means is provided for confining the extension 124 against said lateral movement. As further pointed out above, the means for confining the extension 124 against lateral movement is constructed and arranged to yield when the presser member 6 has acquired considerable momentum before the brake band is applied to the brake drum 100, for a purpose now to be set forth.

When the operator is operating the machine rapidly, he will naturally accelerate the motion of the presser member through out its movement into operative position over the die, the braking mechanism hereinabove described being provided to save him the necessity of retarding the movement of the presser member as it comes into operative position and to prevent the oblique movement of the presser member toward the bed in the event that the operator fails to retard its lateral movement sufliciently before the movement toward the bed begins. To guard against the shock which might be caused to the frame of the machine by the sudden application of the brake when the presser member is thus rapidly moved into operative position, and, what is perhaps of greater importance, to provide means which will aid the operator in the movement of the presser member out of operative position after the pressing operation, a springpressed plunger or buffer has been located upon each side of the extension 124. These spring-pressed plungers or shock absorbers are shown especially in Fig. 4 of the drawings and each comprises a stem 144 surrounded by a spring 146 confined between a flange 148 and the bottom of a socket in an adjusting piece 150 threaded into a split boss in the side of the casing or bracket 12S and confined in its different positions of adjustment by a set screw 154. The adjusting piece 150 has a concentric opening in which the stem 144 is guided. The part 152 of the spring-pressed plunger which engages the side of the extension 124 of the brake band holder is of a diameter somewhat less than the flange 148 and is guided in a reduced bore which opens into the bore in which the flange 148 travels, so that a shoulder is formed against which the flange 148 abuts.

The tension put upon the spring 146 through the adjusting piece 150 is preferably suflicient so that lateral movement of the presser member will be entirely checked before it engages the die in the pressing operation without permitting the extension to come into engagement with the side of the casing. It will be seen, however, that the amount of yielding lateral movement of the presser member after the application of the brake is limited in any event, and that when one or the other of the spring-pressed plungers 152 has been moved a short distance the extension 124 will come into engagement with the side of the casing 128 surrounding the plunger. It will be seen further that if the movement of the presser member into operative position is not rapid enough to cause it to acquire such a momentum that the spring 146 will be com pressed to a considerable extent, the operator will not gain much advantage from the retrieving action of the plunger 152 upon the extension 124. The construction therefore offers an inducement to rapid operation.

As shown especially in Fig. 4 of the drawings the spring-pressed plungers 152 are so constructed and arranged that both will be in engagement with the extension 124 when said extension is in mid-position between the sides of the casing 128. When, however, the brake is applied and the momentum of the presser member causes the extension 124 to move toward one or the other of the plungers and to compress the spring associated with said plunger, the extension 124 will move away from the other plunger since the forward movement of said plunger is limited by the flange 148. The plunger which has been moved to compress its associated spring can, therefore, move the ex tension 124 again toward mid-position without encountering any resistance other than the inertia of the parts connected therewith by the application of the brake. It will thus be seen that, as the presser member rises from the die after the pressing operation, and before it has risen far enough to cause the brake band to move out of braking engagement with the drum 100, the stored-up energy caused by the compression of one of the springs 146 will be free to act through its associated plunger upon one side of the extension 124 of the brake band holder and thus serve to turn the post or plunger 10 in a direction opposite to that in which it was turned as the presser member was brought into operative position over the die. As hereinabove suggested, this retrieving action will, of course, be most marked when the presser member has been moved quickly into operative position, since in this case it acquires a greater momentum and the spring 146 is therefore compressed to a greater extent.

To provide an adjustment for the brake releasing action of the extension 124, a set screw 156 has been threaded through the upper part of the casing 128 and is arranged to be engaged by a nub upon the upper face of the extension 124.

It will be noted that in many aspects of the invention thebrake drum 100 is merely an enlargementof the post 10 and that the brake acts directly on the post. When, therefore, this view of the brake drum is not inconsistent with the context it should be understood as included within the scope of the terms used to define the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a bed, a presser memher freely movable over the bed in either direction into operative positions over difierent parts of said bed, and movable toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, and means for yieldingly checking the lateral movement of the presser member as it comes from either direction into any selected operative posit-ion over the bed.

2. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a bed, a presser member movable over the bed into operative positions over different parts of said bed, and movable toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, normally inoperative means for yieldingly checking the lateral movement of the presser member as it comes into any selected operative position over the bed and means for rendering said before-mentioned means operative.

3. A machine of the class described, having, in combination, a bed, a presser member movable over the bed into operative po sitions over different parts of said bed, and movable toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, and means for yieldingly checking the lateral movement of the presser member as it comes into any selected operative position over the bed rendered operative by the movement of the presser member toward the bed.

4. A machine of the class described hav ing, in combination, a bed, a presser member freely movable over the bed into operative positions over different parts of said bed and movable toward and away from the bed to eflect a pressing operation and means for gradually preventing the continuation of the lateral movement of the presser member as it comes into any selected operative position over the bed.

5. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a die freely movable over the bed, a presser member freely movable over the bed into operative position above the die wherever located on the bed and movable toward and away from the bed to engage and force the die through stock supported on the bed and means for gradually preventing the continuance of the lateral movement of the presser member as it comes into operative position over the die constructed to effect the discontinuance of the lateral movement before the presser member engages the die.

6. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a presser member arranged to swing over the bed in either direction about an axis at one side of the bed to bring it into operative positions over different parts of the bed and movable toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, and means for yieldingly checking the swinging movement of the presser member in advance of the pressing operation constructed to have no effect upon the presser member during the movement into operative position.

7. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a presser member arranged to swing over the bed in either direction about an axis at one side of the bed to bring it into operative positions over different parts of the bed, and means for yieldingly checking the lateral swinging movement of the presser member in advance of the pressing operation constructed to effect the movement of the presser member out of operative position after the pressing operation. I

8. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a presser member movable over the bed into operative positions over different parts of said bed and movable toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, braking means constructed and arranged for vertical movement with the presser member and resilient means for preventing lateral movement of said braking means with the presser member constructed to move said presser member out of operative position after the pressing operation.

9. A machine of the class described, hav ing in combination, a bed, a presser member movable over the bed into different operative relations thereto and movable toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, braking means for checking the lateral movement of the presser member in advance of the pressing operation, and means associated with the braking means for moving said member out of operative position after the pressing operation.

10. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a presser member manually movable over the face of the bed into different operative relations thereto and movable toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, automatic means for checking the movement of the presser member over the bed in advance of the pressing operation, and automatic means for imparting to said member a tendency to move out of operative position after the pressing operation.

11. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a presser member movable over said bed in either direction into and out of different operative relations thereto and movable toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, braking means for checking the lateral movement of the presser member in advance of the pressing operation, and means associated with the braking means for returning the presser member after the pressing operation toward the position from which it has been moved lnto operative position.

12. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a presser member manually movable over the bed into operative positions over different parts of said bed and movable toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, and means for automatically moving the presser member out of the selected operative position after the pressing operation constructed to offer no resistance to the manual movement of the presser member in either direction after the movement out of operative position has been initiated.

13. A machine ofthe class described, having in combination, a bed, a presser member manually movable over the bed into operative positions over different parts of said bed and movable toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, and means for automatically moving the presser member out of the selected operative position after the pressing operation constructed to have no effect upon the presser member during the manual movement into operative position.

14. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a presser member manually movable over the bed into operative positions over different parts of the bed and movable toward and away from the oed to effect a pressing operation, and means for utilizing the momentum of the presser member acquired in its manual movement into operative position to effect its movement out of operative position after the pressing operation.

15. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a presser member movable over the bed into and out of operative positions over different parts of the bed, and movable toward and away irom the bed to effect a pressing operation, and means for automatically initiating or effecting the movement of the presser member out of op erative position after a pressing operation constructed to utilize the momentum of the presser member acquired in its movement into operative position from either direction to store up energy by which the movement out of operative position is effected.

16. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a presser member movable over the bed into and out of operative positions over different parts OI the bed and movable toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, and means for utilizing the momentum acquired by the presser member in its movement into operative position for storing up energy by which its movement out-of operative posi' tion is automatically effected constructed to have no effect upon the presser member in advance of its movement toward the bed.

17. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a presser member movable over the bed into operative posi tions over different parts of said bed and movable toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, and means for checking the lateral movement of the presser member in advance of the pressing operation constructed and arranged to utilize the momentum of the presser member acquired in its lateral movement into operative position to store up energy through which the movement out of operative position may be effected.

18. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a presser member normally free to be swung by hand in either direction into operative positions over different parts of the bed, means for moving the presser member toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, means for initiating or effecting a return of said member toward the position from which it was moved into operative position and braking mechanism for checking the movement of the presser member over the bed in advance of the pressing operation constructed and arranged to utilize the momentum of the presser member to render operative said last-named means.

19. In a machine of the class described, a post, a presser member carried by said post, bearings for said post in which itis arranged to reciprocate along its longitudinal axis and also to turn about said axis, a contractible brake ring confined upon said post for reciprocating movement therewith, and means whereby the movement of the post in one direction along its axis contracts the ring to check its turning movement.

20. In a machine of the class described, a post, a presser member carried by said post, bearings for said post in which it is arranged to reciprocate along its longitudinal axis and also to turn about said axis, a contractible brake ring confined upon said post for reciprocating movement therewith, and means for holding said ring from turning movement with said post constructed and arranged to contract the ring to check the turning movement of the post as said post moves in one direction along its axis.

21. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a post mounted in bearings at one side of said bed to reciprocate vertically and to turn about its vertical axis, a presser member carried by said post and arranged to swing over the bed into operative position above a die wherever located on the bed, braking means for checking the swinging movement of the presser member comprising a contractible ring surrounding said post and means for holding said ring from turning movement with said post constructed and arranged to contract the ring to apply braking pressure as the post is depressed to cause the presser member to effect a pressing operation.

22. A machine of the class described, haw ing in combination, a bed, a post mounted in bearings at one side of said bed to reciprocate vertically and to turn about its vertical axis, a presser member carried by said post and arranged to turn therewith to bring it into operative position above a die wherever located on the bed, braking means for checking the movement. of the presser member over the bed, comprising a contractible ring confined on said post to reciprocate therewith, means for holding said ring from turning movement with said post yieldingly held against vertical movement with said post, and connections between said holding means and said ring whereby said ring is contracted to apply braking pressure as the vertical movement of said holding means with said post is retarded.

23. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a post mounted in bearings at one side of said bed to reciprocate vertically and to turn about its vertical axis, a presser member carried by said post and arranged to turn therewith to bring it into operative position above a die wherever located on the bed, a contractible brake band or ring surrounding said post, and means for contracting said band or ring to cause it to exert a braking action on said post and thereby check the movement of the presser member over the bed, said means having operative movement lengthwise of the axis of said post.

24. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a post mounted in bearings at one side of said bed to reciprocate vertically and to turn about its vertical axis, a presser member carried by said post and arranged to turn therewith to bring it into operative posit-ion above a die wherever located on the bed, a contractible brake band or ring surrounding said post, means for contracting said band or ring to cause it to exert a braking action on said post and thereby check the movement of the presser member over the bed having operative movement relative to the vertical movement of said post and means for varying the amount of said relative operative movement.

25. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, an upright post mounted in bearings at one side of said bed to reciprocate vertically and to turn aboutits vertical axis, a radial presser member carried by said post and arranged to turn therewith to bring it into operative position above a die wherever located on the bed, a contractible brake band or ring surrounding said post, means for contracting said band or ring to check the turning movement of said post having operative movement relative to the vertical movement of said post during a part of the vertical movement of the post and inoperative movement with said post during the rest of its vertical movement, and means for varying the relative amounts of the operative and inoperative movements of said brake applying means.

26. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, an upright postmounted in bearings at one side of said bed to reciprocate vertically and to turn about its vertical axis, a radial presser member carried by said post and arranged to turn therewith to bring it into operative position above a die wherever located on the bed, a contraotible brake band or ring surrounding said post and comprising overlapping sections confined on said post for vertical movement therewith, a forked holder for said band or ring having a rearward exten sion and connected to said sections in such manner that turning of said holder about a diameter of the ring lying between the sections will eflect a movement of the sections toward or away from each other to contract or expand the band or ring, and yielding means arranged to retard the movement in one direction of the extension of said forked holder as the post reciprocates vertically to thereby effect a turning movement of said holder in the direction to contract the band or ring and check the turning movement of said post.

27. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, an upright post arranged to reciprocate vertically and to turn about its vertical axis, a radial presser member attached to said post and arranged to swing over the bed into operative positions over different parts of the bed, a brake arranged to be connected to the post to check the turning movement of said post and yielding means for preventing the brake from turning with the post after it has been connected to the post to check the turning movement thereof.

28. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a post arranged to reciprocate vertically and to turn about its vertical axis, a presser member attached to the post and arranged to swing over the bed into operative position above any part of the bed, a brake arranged to be connected to the post to check the turning movement oi said post in either direction, and means for preventing the brake from turning with the post in either direction comprising opposed buiters arranged to prevent shock to the machine on the application of the brake.

29. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a post mounted in bearings at one side of said bed for vertical reciprocation and for oscillation about its vertical axis, a presser member carried by said post and arranged to swing over the bed into operative position above a die wherever located on the bed, braking means for checking the swinging movement of the presser member arranged to be connected to the post for vertical movement therewith, and resilient means constructed and ar ranged to take up the shock of the action of the braking means.

30. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a post mounted in bearings at one side of said bed for vertical reciprocation and for oscillation about its vertical axis, a presser member carried by said post and arranged to swing over the bed into operative posit-ion above a die wherever located on the bed, braking means for checking the swinging movement of the presser member arranged to be connected to the post for vertical movement therewith, and resilient means constructed to take up the shock of the action of the braking means and to etl'ect the movement of the presser member out of the selected operative position after the pressing operation.

31. A machine of the class described, having in combination, a bed, a presser member movable over the bed into operative positions over different parts of said bed and movable toward and away from the bed to effect a pressing operation, and means for preventing); lateral movement of the presser member beyond the selected operative position constructed to yield as said member comes into operative position.

32. In a machine for dying out sheet material, the combination of a bed, a presser member freely movable to operative position over the bed, and spring actuated means made operative during the dying out operation for automatically moving the presser member laterally in either direction into inoperative position.

33. In a machine for dying out leather for boots and shoes, the combination of a cutting bed, a presser member freely movable laterally over said bed into operative position, and spring operated means for moving the presser member laterally into inoperative position.

3%. In a machine for dying out leather for boots and shoes, the combination of a cutting bed, a presser member freely movable laterally over said bed into operative position, normally inoperative spring actuated means for moving the presser member laterally into inoperative position, and means for rendering said means operative as the presser member comes into operative position with respect to the bed.

35. In a machine for dying out leather, the combination of a bed, a presser member, means to move the presser member toward and from the bed to press upon the die or cutter, a spring; to move the presser member laterally into inoperative position, and means for causing the spring to be tensioned during the dying out operation.

36. In a machine for dying out leather, the combination of a bed, a presser member, means to move the presser member toward and from the bed to press upon the die or cutter, and sprin actuated means for moving the presser member laterally in either direction into inoperative position.

37. In a machine for dying out leather, the combination of a bed, a presser member, means to move the presser member toward and from the bed to press upon the die or cutter, spring actuated means for moving the presser member laterally into inoperative position with respect to the bed, and mechanism for operatively connecting and disconnecting said spring actuated means and presser member to permit the said presser member to be freely movable later ally to operative position and to move the presser member laterally into inoperative position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRISON H. EATON. lVitnesses H. Donsny SPENCER, CHESTER E. Roenns.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,004,757, granted October 3,

1911, upon the application of Harrison H. Eaton, of Beverly, Massachusetts, for an improvement in Presses, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 1, line 21, for the Words mechanism for moving the read t/zese mac/zines comprise a, and line 27, for the Word pressed read presse'r; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the reoordof the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 21st day of November, A. D., 1911.

[sEAL.] E. B. MOORE,

Commissioner of Patents. 

